Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-05
MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
A MAN. stabbed I'm the CHEST, DICE
BefOro Aid Can Come.

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Before Aid Can Come
A motley crowd filed into the police
Office yesterday at 4P.M NJ. First came
an Indian woman about 80 years OF age,
80 stupidly drunk that she did not seem
to be cognizant of her surroundings;
next . half.breed Mexican woman OF
nearly the same age, who rent the air
with cries of grief, and following them
were some policemen and number OF
raegamuffins from Los Angeles street
and people who had been attracted by
the cries Of the female. The first woman,
whose name is Teresa Pico. was shown
. cell into which she shambled quite
obediently, though not without support,
as she was too inebriated to stand up
alone. The. other female, named Mar.
ruerita Granillo, sat down on a chair
and. between sobs, told a HERALD
reporter in Spanish that her man, An.
dres. had been killed by Teresa during
Quarrel. an hour before, at No. 2S Los
Angeles street, in the corral OF Mrs.
Cabos' saloon and lodging house. She
said that Teresa came into the back
room in which she. Marguerite, was
living. sat down uninvited, and became
sprered at the man, Andres Martinez.
because he would not give her g lass OF
wine. Marguerite went out to get .
drink Of water at the bar, and when sne
returned Andres staggered up 20 nei
and told her that Teresa had STABBED
him. He went into the YARD,
fell down and expired. Marguerite
added that she then ran after Teresa
who was making for the closet. but toat
the latter managed to elude her grasp
and probably then threw the knife she
bad used in the privy, as she could not
find Il afterwards. This story would
have appeared plausible. but that Teresa
vas too drunk to stand and moreover
hadn't = spot of blood upon her dress or
body. whereas Marguerite had blood on
her face and on her clothes, and was
evidently much more sober than the
other woman. Marguerite was also
locked up. The Coroner, Icing notified,
proceeded to Mrs. Cabos' place where
Andres was found lying dead in the cor.
raj with knife or dagger thrust just
above the left nipple. His clothes were
soaked in blood. He was q man about
25 years of age. nearly pure Indian and
we'll known as q criminal, having been
in the penitentiary for grand larceny.
The BODY was removed to Orr 4 Sutch's,
where an inquest will be held to-day.
In the evening q reporter interviewed
the two women in their cells. Teresa,
whom the other woman accuses OF the
murder. said that she knew nothing
about the matter. She declared that she
was living drunk on broken cot in
the corral at the back Of the Cabos'
place when the landlady came to her
and told her to 60. That was the first
she heard about the .stabbing or about
any difficulty that occurred in which
Andres was mixed. She also denied
having had knife or ever carrying one.
Marguerite Granillo, on the contrary,
again charged the Indian woman
with the crime, and although
she denied seeing it cSmmitted,
insisted that it was done whilst she left
the room temporarily, because Andres
refused to give Teresa a glass of wine,
and that it enraged the latter so that
she stabbed him. just then dissolute,
|skulkinR white man named VIM. Best,
Apame in with q colored man, and was
'hllowed to speak to the woman. he
laid he lived with Teresa. After the
Interview was over he was locked up,
be he was supposed to have been near
the place of the crime, II not witnin
view Of the scene, at the time OF its
occurrence, It was Afterwards claimed
bv this VIM. Best that the stabbing had
been done by man whom he sad he
would show to the police to-day. II
the knife with which the deed was done
can be found, there will be no trouble in
locating the assassin. From all that
could be gathered last night it il more
Hhan probable that Marguerite did the
ptAbbing herself, and that the motive
MAS Jealousy.
This woman used to live with man
hsmed Juan Lopez, also an hsbitue OF
The courts, and It 10 barely possible that
N effort might be made BY the crowd
how in custody to connect him with the
Mime. Il is understood, however. that
Mis- Lopts could establish an alibi.
Ihe Csbos' establishment 10 . very dis
fderly house, which was formerly
yosei BY the Police Commissioners. 1t
~ there that Frank Toal, who is now
fving five years in the penitentiary,
karly succeeded in cutting his wifes
Aoat two wears ago.